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Horse profile

Sonny Koufax (IRE)

7yo gelding · Trainer Conor O'Keeffe · Owner James J Okeeffe
by Hillstar (GB) out of Snails Bush (IRE) (Flemensfirth)
3 runs · 2 courses · from Aug 2025
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 17 Mar 2026 · 11th of 14
KTB Profile

Sonny Koufax is a gelding by Hillstar out of a Flemensfirth mare who has shown little in three starts over hurdles. He has been unplaced on all three runs at trips between 1m5f and 2m on soft or good to soft ground. His last run, at Wexford in Mar 2026, saw him finish 11 of 14 after being held up. He has raced twice at Wexford and once at Kilbeggan.

Based on 3 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs since Aug 2025 · updated 8 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 56 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Kilbeggan, 22 Aug 2025

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Jumps 3 figures · best 56A · median 52
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft252C46.51 run · —
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m356A521 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 95A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kilbeggan, 22 Aug 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 3 figures · best 95A · median 94
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft294C921 run · —
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m395A941 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style from 3 analysed runs since Aug 2025

  • Held up 3 (100%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Hillstar (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.3% of 754 runs since Jun 2021 (89 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm6116.7%+9.4—
Good301268.6%+1.3—
Good to Soft15795.7%−1.60 from 1
Soft197147.1%−0.20 from 2
Heavy8755.7%−1.6—
Standard (AW)600%−7.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−7.3—
6f – 7f400%−7.3—
1m – 1m1f600%−7.3—
1m2f – 1m4f500%−7.3—
1m5f – 2m259197.3%00 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f273217.7%+0.4—
2m5f – 3m184137.1%−0.2—
Over 3m2229.1%+1.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2021 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Snails Bush (IRE) (Flemensfirth)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
John Shinnick 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Finn Buckley 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr C O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
17 Mar 26+141d Wexford William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 14 ran Held up towards the back - unable to make headway from 3 out - well beaten in 11th 11/14 1 11-12 41C94C John Shinnick 250/1
2025 · 2 runs
27 Oct 25+66d Wexford Thank You To All Our Sponsors & Supporters In 2025 (C & G) (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m½f · Yielding · 7 ran Settled at the back early - shed some ground before edging closer to the pack approaching halfway - up in 7th at that point - drifted back and pushed to keep tabs with 5f left - lost touch with the rest 4f out - dropped away steadily from 3f out to finish well beaten 7/7 5½ 11-7 52C90C Mr Finn Buckley 125/1
22 Aug 25 Kilbeggan John Thomas McNamara Series Flat Race 2m · Good To Yielding · 10 ran Held up early - still back in 9th at halfway - burst forward to hit the front 7f out - overtaken 2 1/2f out and dropped away in a hurry from 1 1/2f out to finish ninth 9/10 hd 11-10 56A95A Mr C O'Keeffe 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sonny Koufax won?
Sonny Koufax (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
Who trains Sonny Koufax?
Sonny Koufax (IRE) is trained by Conor O'Keeffe, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 March 2026.
Who is Sonny Koufax's sire?
Sonny Koufax (IRE) is by Hillstar (GB) out of Snails Bush (IRE), whose sire is Flemensfirth.
What is Sonny Koufax's sire's record?
Hillstar (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.3% of 754 runs since Jun 2021 (89 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from August 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.